There are so many topics to cover regarding system thermals that it will be helpful to break this up into two discussions. Part I, which you are now reading is an introduction of some basic concepts and some...
A quick and dirty guide to buying/selling Apple's Macintosh Laptops: Let's start with more current laptops since that's what we'll all be using. If you are new to the Apple Macintosh lineup this will benefit...
A thin layer of thermal interface material (a.k.a. TIM) placed between a cpu and heatsink greatly improves heat transfer. Every new cpu cooler ships with some fresh TIM. The TIM may be sealed in a syringe...